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Soybeans from Ukraine: Genetically modified and undeclared
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22.11.2018 Leo FrühschützIn Ukraine, genetically modified soybeans are cultivated illegally on a large scale and marketed without declaration. This is shown by studies conducted by the Romanian environmental organisation Agent Green.
Why the organic community should fall in love with true prices – Interview with Adrian de Groot Ruiz
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20.11.2018 Rebecca SandbichlerThe economist Adrian de Groot Ruiz reveals how he calculates the true prices of our food. Read about the advantages he sees for organic trade - and where he would first look for hidden social and economic costs.
Genetic engineering researchers demand new genetic engineering law
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12.11.2018 Leo FrühschützScientists from biotech research institutions in Europe are calling for European genetic engineering legislation to be amended and GM plants to be exempted from its approval regulations. However, their demand encounters resistance.
EU organic control in Romania slowly improving
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09.11.2018 Leo FrühschützThe EU Directorate General for Health and Food Safety inspected Romania's eco-control system in April. The audit report now published confirms Romania's progress, but still criticises many details.
EU criticises Ukrainian control body: "Culture of leniency"
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05.11.2018 Leo FrühschützIn June this year, the competent EU Directorate General inspected a control agency operating in Ukraine. The audit report now published confirms progress made by the inspection body, but accuses it of living a "culture of leniency" with regard to infringements.
Microplastic found in humans for the first time
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02.11.2018 Leo FrühschützFor the first time, the Austrian Federal Environmental Agency and the Medical University of Vienna have proven that microplastics also occur in the human digestive system.
Call for moratorium on gene drives from UN conference
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29.10.2018 Leo FrühschützLeading representatives of the global agricultural movement have called for a stop to all releases of gene drives.
Germany: Microplastic in food worries consumers
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26.10.2018 Leo Frühschütz83% of German consumers are familiar with the topic of microplastics in food and 56% of them are therefore worried. The BfR determined this in its current consumer monitor.
Critical look at new additives
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25.10.2018 Leo FrühschützGlycerin, E 551, E 476, sodium hydroxide, potassium polyaspartate and E 965: EGTOP, the EU Commission's advisors on organic food issues, give their opinion on additive applications.
FiBL: SMART Tool to assess food chains
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17.10.2018 Leo FrühschützThe run-up to the Swiss referendum on the Fair Food Initiative has shown that people want more sustainability and transparency with regard to the origin and production of food. FiBL has developed the "SMART tool" to make such achievements visible.
Report: USA degenerates to a dumping ground for faked organic feeds
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04.09.2018 Leo FrühschützLarge quantities of organic feed continue to be delivered to the USA whose organic quality is questionable. This is the result of a report published by the Cornucopia Institute, which is closely related to the US organic movement.
Genetic engineering is not beyond the fall armyworm
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03.09.2018 Leo FrühschützA new pest is threatening agricultural yields worldwide. Now, some scientists and manufacturers are propagating genetically modified Bt-maize as a solution to the triumphant advance of the pest. Instead, holistic strategies are needed.
Primavera: Alcohol remains a preservative in organic floral waters for now
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31.08.2018 Horst FiedlerFor now, Primavera has cancelled the distribution of non-alcoholic organic plant waters announced for September. Quality control results are the reason.
France: Carrefour´s seed inititative „Forbidden Market“ successful
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04.07.2018 EditorNinety per cent of the planet’s cultivable varieties have already died out in the 20th century, says FAO. The French retailer Carrefour joined producers in their fight to make fruit and vegetables grown from farmers' seeds available to consumers.
Health Ingredients Europe presents Organic Spotlight
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02.07.2018 EditorFi Global, the organiser of Health ingredients (Hi) Europe & Natural ingredients (Ni) Europe will host the Health & Nutrition Week around the show.
Cyclo-di BADGE: New pollutant from the can
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18.06.2018 EditorTin cans are usually coated – contaminants in this layer can theoretically pass into the food inside the can. German food controllers (of CVUA-MEL) have now pointed out a pollutant that previously was not the focus of attention: Cyclo-di-BADGE (CdB). It can also be a problem for organic producers, as they do not use any other cans than their conventional colleagues.
USA: OTA starts pilot project to prevent and detect fraud
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14.06.2018 EditorThe Organic Trade Association (OTA) announced the kick-off of a groundbreaking pilot project by the organic industry to prevent and detect fraud in the global organic system.
Fipronil found in organic eggs again
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13.06.2018 EditorThe German State Office for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in Lower Saxony (LAVES) has detected the insect venom fipronil in organic eggs from the Netherlands.
Tritordeum: new cereal wins Sustainable Food Awards
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12.06.2018 EditorTritordeum is a new Mediterranean cereal with nutritional, agronomical and organoleptic benefits. It has won the first prize in the category Sustainable Ingredient in the Sustainable Food Awards 2018 by Ecovia Intelligence.
Acrylamide: New requirements for minimization
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26.04.2018 Leo FrühschützThe new EU Acrylamide Regulation came into force in April. The new regulation aims at a further reduction of the harmful substance, which is mainly found in fried, roasted and baked products and is considered carcinogenic in animal experiments.
China submits new maximum residue limits for pesticides in food to the WTO
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03.04.2018 EditorAs we can see from the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report by the American Department of Agriculture (USDA), the People's Republic of China has recently submitted an extensive list of pesticides with corresponding maximum residue limits (MRLs) to the the World Trade Organization (WTO).
EU: No decision on neonicotinoids
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23.03.2018 EditorAlthough it is high time to impose an immediate ban on the three insecticides clothianidine, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, the Member States are pushing for a decision. And Germany plays an inglorious role in this.
Italy: the organic farming and social network Humus introduced
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15.02.2018 EditorAt Biofach Humus, the farming and social network for Italian organic agriculture, for quality, sustainability, and responsibility has been introduced. Join the presentaion today at 6 pm at Hall 4 Booth 361 – 469.
USA: The Organic Coup opens new location in Seattle
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17.01.2018 EditorThe first USDA certified organic restaurant chain The Organic Coup will open another branch in Seattle’s Columbia Tower next month and a food truck is planned for the Microsoft campus.
48% of British foods contain pesticide residue
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01.01.2018 EditorA report analysing 3,448 samples of British produce has found traces of pesticides on 48 per cent of them. The data was released by the Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) as part of their annual report.
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